Egg cleaning device



March 27, 1934. G. E. JOHNSON EGG CLEANING DEVICE Filed Dec. 10, 1951INVENTOR Gustav E. Johnson ATTWE la Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATESPATENT GFFECE EGG CLEANING DEVICE This invention relates to new anduseful improvements in egg cleaning devices and has for its object toprovide an apparatus that may be used with advantage for said purpose,as in this present instance a great number of eggs may be cleaned at thesame time without any danger of breakage.

As the device is comparatively simple of construction the manufacturingcost may be considered so low as to assure a wide market for thisinvention.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, andin which:-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device, while Figure 2 isa transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 10 indicates my device,which comprises two substantially flat, rectangular formed members 11,11 hinged together, as shown at 12, the said hingemeans may, if desired,be secured to sort of a table 24, by lug-members 13, in order to makethe device stationary, which may be desirable, if this device, or anumber of devices, is used on a large scale. s

The said members 11, each consists of an outer layer 14 of asubstantially hard material, such as wood or metal, and inside thelatter of a somewhat softer and flexible material 15, such as a layer ofrubber.

In the said members 11, 11 are formed registering holes or openings 16,for the placement therein of the eggs 17 to be cleaned, and in the saidmembers 11, 11 are also arranged a great number of small apertures 18 tolead off the water or fluid used in cleaning the said eggs.

In order that the hard outer layer 14 of the members 11, 11 shall nottouch or crush the eggs, when the latter are inserted into the openings16, a small flange 19 of the inner and softer layer 15 is projectingoutside and over the edges of the harder material at the openings 16. Aseparating member 20, made of any suitable material, is disposed betweenthe said members 11, 11 at their free ends and rigidly secured to one ofthe said members; the purpose of the said separator being to prevent themembers 11, 11 from getting so near together that they will crush theeggs inserted therebetween.

' 3 2 Claims. (01. 146-198) At the opposite ends of the members 11, 11the relative distance between the latter is secured by the properconstruction and arrangement of the hinging means 12 and their extendingarms 21, 21.

A clasp 22, of the usual kind, will secure the device in lockedposition.

As, however, not all eggs are of an equal size, and accordingly mayproject more or less above the edges of the holes 16, a special featurehas been added to this device in order to take care of this situation.

The said feature consists in a top-rim 23 attached to and slightly butsufiiciently projecting above the said outer layers 14, so that whateversize the eggs may be, or whether the said eggcleaning device is used inone position or the reverse position, the eggs, that is the top portionsof the latter, will always be prevented from touching the surface 24upon which the device proper may rest.

The eggs, when arranged and held in this device, may be cleaned bymeansof a sponge or rag, or in any other suitable manner.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of theappended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, andI do not therefore limit myself to the construction and arrangementshown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. An egg cleaning device, comprising, in combination, two substantiallyflat, oblong members, hingedly connected, the said members consistingeach of an outer wooden layer, and an inner soft rubber layer, the saidlayers being formed with perforations therein to dispose of cleaningfluids, and with openings through the said inner and outer layers topermit portions of the contained eggs to project out from the saidopenings, the inner soft rubber layer projecting slightly over the edgeof the wooden layer in the respective eggopenings to protect the saideggs from breaking, a projecting edge arranged around the boundaries ofand upon the said wooden layer for protecting the projecting portion ofthe eggs from breakage during cleaning, and means for securing the ap-(I, paratus solidly to a supporting member.

2. An egg cleaning device, comprising, in combination, two substantiallyflat, oblong members hingedly connected, the said members consistingeach of an outer layer of hard,.solid material and an inner layer ofsoft material, the said layers ing spacing means formed integral withthe hinged joint at the opposite ends of the said oblong members toprevent too heavy pressure be.- ing exerted by the latter upon the eggs,a projecting edge arranged around the boundaries of and upon the saidhard layer for protecting the projecting portion of the eggs frombreakage during cleaning, and means for securing the said apparatussolidly to a support.

' GUSTAV E. JOHNSON.

